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For A Better Union

For A Better Union from directly overhead

For A Better Union is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Captain Dermody Triangle, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 7.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.75578, -73.76449
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Captain Dermody Triangle: 0.0 mi
  • Marie Curie Park: 0.4 mi
  • Oakland Lake Wildflower Meadow: 0.5 mi
  • Linnaeus Park: 0.7 mi
  • Tall Oak Playground: 0.8 mi
Gardens
  • Mitchel Wallace Triangle: 0.3 mi
  • Cloverdale Gardens at Bayside: 0.7 mi
  • House Beautiful: 0.9 mi
  • The Estates at Bayside: 0.9 mi
  • Windsor Oaks: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Turtle Statue: 1.0 mi
  • Dog: 1.2 mi
  • Reclaimed Habitat: 1.3 mi
  • Seal: 2.3 mi
  • Wood Pile: 2.3 mi
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 5.4 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 6.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Queens High Point: 2.4 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 7.2 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Janes Hill: 8.6 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 3.0 mi
  • Circle Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 3.3 mi
  • Unity Garden: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Picnic Area D: 7.6 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 7.7 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.6 mi
  • Palisades: 12.4 mi
  • Palisades: 13.2 mi
  • Palisades: 13.5 mi
  • Palisades: 14.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 10.0 mi
  • The Loch: 10.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 12.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of For A Better Union. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNNW 337°208 m22.0 mi
Cooney HillN 4°170 m23.9 mi
Kennelwood HillN 1°156 m21.5 mi
Kykuit HillN 350°147 m23.4 mi
Beaver HillN 351°140 m21.8 mi
Hackley HillNNW 349°140 m22.3 mi
Tappan HillNNW 348°127 m22.4 mi
Todt HillWSW 240°125 m21.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546473797871604940
Precip in3.22.94.03.83.64.04.34.43.93.83.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7882228402

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